Stock-Overhang Deadlines Give
Some Share Prices a Hangover

By

Barbara Martinez Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Dec. 16, 1998 12:01 a.m. ET

Watch out for the overhang.

Several real-estate investment trust stocks could see share prices driven down by stock overhangs, a looming increase in the number of shares outstanding available for trading. For REITs, these overhangs typically happen after acquisitions or initial public offerings in which certain shareholders are precluded from...